The third annual Dwayne McDuffie Award for Kids Comics was given to Raina Telgemeier’s Ghosts at the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival on June 17. In accepting the award, Telgemeier turned a spotlight on ten other excellent books for young readers, all of them by diverse creators. Those books were:

NewsPrints by Ru XuLowriders in Space Book 1 by Cathy Camper and Raul the ThirdThe Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang and Sonny LiewLittle White Duck by Na LiuLola: A Ghost Story by J. Torres and Elbert OrrGiants Beware by Rafael Rosado and Jorge AguirrePhoebe and her Unicorn Book 1 by Dana SimpsonLucky Penny by Yuko Ota and Ananth HirshMs. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian AlphonaHow to Find a Fox by Nilah Magruder

After describing the ten titles, Telgemeier surprised the audience by announcing that she had purchased one hundred books—ten each of the ones she had just highlighted—to give away to young people in attendance. Following the award ceremony, the giveaway table was mobbed by young readers.

“In the spirit of sharing the love of comics,” Telgemeier said, “I decided to take this opportunity to share some of my favorite comics with the audience at A2CAF, in the hope that they will find more amazing work to discover.”

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